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Which will go to the winner of the ten metre air rifle for women. that final is under way. cycling: the mens road race is just getting under way, starting at mount fuji, and is expected to take around seven hours. slovenias tadej pogacar goes in this — fresh from winning the tour de france. tennis: just two weeks after wimbledon, the competition for olympic gold begins with novak djokovic on court. after lighting the flame at the opening ceremony home favourite naomi osaka plays sunday. japane...

And theres a debut for a new form of basketball: a three a side event. japans women opened the tournament against the russian team competed under a neutralflag but lost 21—18. but the threat posed by covid hasnt gone away. there have been 127 positive cases around the games so far, and one of them — for the czech beach volleyball player marketa slukova meant that their opening match on friday againstjapan was cancelled and a win was awarded to the hosts. these games have been a long time in ...